1. Brendan Hunt is a co-creator of the Apple TV+ sitcom Ted Lasso, as well as a writer and regular cast member.
20 Facts About Brendan Hunt
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In 1996, Hunt completed the theater program at Illinois State University.
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From 1998 to 2008, Brendan Hunt was a regular writer and performer with the Boom Chicago comedy and improvisational troupe.
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Brendan Hunt was the head writer and featured in the Comedy Central satirical news program Comedy Central News that was produced by Boom Chicago.
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Brendan Hunt performed the play at the 2007 edition of The Comedy Festival in Aspen, Colorado.
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Brendan Hunt won Lead Actor in a Musical at the 2010 Ovation Awards.
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In 2013, Brendan Hunt wrote and was the lead actor in a dark comedy parody of the Charlie Brown Peanuts comic strip called Absolutely Filthy.
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Brendan Hunt based his lead character, The Mess, on an older version of the character of Pig-Pen, who is homeless and trying to cope with his recent breakup from The Bereaved, who is based on the Peanuts character Sally Brown.
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Brendan Hunt came up with the idea of the play while dancing alone during the Burning Man festival with the resulting kick-up of dust in the sunrise reminding him of Pig-Pen.
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Brendan Hunt was asked to turn the sketches into a single play.
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Brendan Hunt was nominated in four categories in the 2014 LA Weekly Theater Awards, winning the top prize in the categories of Best Male Performance and Comedy Ensemble.
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In 2013, Brendan Hunt co-wrote a Premier League advertising campaign for NBC Sports featuring himself as an assistant coach to Tottenham Hotspur with Sudeikis.
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Brendan Hunt was a writer and performer in the 2015 online comedy-documentary series Thank You and Sorry for Google Play.
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In 2015, Brendan Hunt brought his voice as one of the main DJs in the game Fallout 4.
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Brendan Hunt plays DJ Travis of Diamond City Radio, whose monotone voice reflects on the surroundings of the ruins of Boston now known as the Commonwealth.
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Brendan Hunt plays Detective Perry, who is seen in a holotape.
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Brendan Hunt co-created the series Ted Lasso and appears as a regular cast member; the series launched on Apple TV+ in 2020.
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At the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival, Brendan Hunt debuted the one-man play Still Got It.
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Brendan Hunt's performance was honored for top Solo Performance at the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival Awards.
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In 2023, Brendan Hunt began performing his solo show The Movement You Need.